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Stephen R. Covey United States English 38 Languages Self-help non-fiction Free Press 1989 380 The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

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Stephan R. Covey 1989 24/9/1932 17/7/2012 Salt Lake City (America) -Under Graduate (University of UTHA)1952. -Masters in business administration (Harvard University)1957 -PhD in organizational Behavior (Brigham United University)1976

Professional Exp: Worked as Vise-chair-man for Franklin Covey Co.(council) -Author -Professor (24years) Books sold: Other Book: 15 million in 38 languages First thing first, Principal- centered leadership .

Habit Knowledge Knowledge

Knowledge is what to do and why. Skill is the how to do. Desire is the motivation, the want to do. A habit is the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire.

Skill Skill

Desire Desire

Interdependence
5. Seek First To 6. Understand Synergize Then To Be Public Understood victory 4. Think Win/Win

Independence
3. Put First Things First

1. Be proactive

Private victory

2. Begin With The End In Mind

Dependence

Be Proactive
The price of greatness is responsibility ~ Winston Churchill Be Proactive means Be Responsible

1
Be Proactive Not Reactive

Conserve Electricity Switch off lights, While you are leaving.

Reactive people

Stimulus

Freedom to Choose

Self Awareness

Independent Will

Imaginatio

Conscience

Proactive Focus
Circle of Concern

Reactive Focus

Circle of Influence

Where do you focus your time and energy? Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern.

Begin with the end in mind

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters Compare to what lies within us~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Begin with the end in mind means: Set your goals and visualize them.

Mr. B Mr. A Mr. A

I am what I am today, because of the choices I made yesterday

Hostel

SALAR

Put first things first (Principles of Personal Management)

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least~ Goethe Organize and execute around priorities

Interdependence
5. Seek First To Understand Then To Be Understood

6. Synergize

Public victory

4. Think Win/Win

Independence
3. Put First Things First

1. Be proactive

Private victory

2. Begin With The End In Mind

Dependence

EMOTIONAL BANK ACCOUNT

THINK WIN-WIN
We have committed the golden rule to memory, let us now commit it to life~ Edwin Markham
Think Win-Win

is a frame of mind that seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions

Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply~ Stephen R Covey
Seek first to understand, Then to be understood means

First try to understand things, and then hope that someone will understand you

Diagnose before you prescribe Character and Communication Empathic listening Understanding and Perceptions

Change picture

Change slide picture

We see the things not as they are, but as we are ~H M Tomlinson

Synergy
(Principles of Creative Co-operation)
There is a gap between the stimulus and respond, the success lies in this gap~ Stephen R Covey
Synergy means

In association with the people how do we respond to the circumstances/stimulus which we face in our daily life

 Synergy
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Synergy takes place when two or more people produce more together than the sum of what they could have produced separately. With Win-Win, you get 2, with Synergy you get, more than 1, or 2, say 11 Valuing the differences is the essence of Synergy
Problem or Opportunity

Sharpen the saw (Principles of balanced self-renewal)

Give me Four Hours to chop down a tree, I will take four hours to sharpen the saw ~ Abraham Lincoln Sharpen the saw means To bring a selfrenewal exercise all the dimensions of your nature in a wise and balanced-way

We become able to adapt first habit

Be Proactive
We become able to adapt Second habit

Begin with the end in mind

We become able to adapt third habit

Put first things first

We become able to adapt fourth, fifth and sixth habits

Think Win/Win Seek First to understand, Then to be understood Synergize

There is a gap between the stimulus and response , The success lies in this gap Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

ThankYou!